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		chlorion on Dec 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Schism in the OpenPGP World I agree that it's error prone and far from ideal, and that most people should be using signal or matrix or something, but I'm not sure what other practical answers there are for more intense cases where people don't have access to those things.

woodruffw on Dec 7, 2023 [–]

That's the thing: Signal and Matrix are still the right answer for those cases!

Consider the ANOM[1] case: the FBI found it easier to FUD criminals into using a backdoored chat app than to break actual chat apps.

[1]: https://slate.com/technology/2021/12/fbi-fake-encrypted-mess...

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